Running SQL Server for Linux locally is just fine, but what about in Azure?

For the latest project I worked on, I decided to test SQL Server 2017 for Linux.

Late 2017 I saw a post by Scott Hanselman on running Linux Containers on Windows (LCOW), without using MobyVM (a full, but headless VM in Hyper-V).

Since the release of .NET Core, it is almost a child's play to run .NET on other platform then Windows. With .NET Core one can officially target Windows, Linux and even macOS. But with docker you can run .NET Core on (almost) anything.

Today I had the honor to speak at the Azure Dublin meetup. I covered basics of why Azure is relevant when running anything other than Microsoft stack.

Not having access to DNS server can be hard...

There are several ways to start using Docker. You can either install it on your local workstation or use one of several Cloud services to run Docker. There are even online courses of Docker that provides you with the while environment needed to learn and experiment with. For now I am only going to concentrate on installation on local workstations. These g...

Short answer: A tool that helps to maximize the utilization of system resources, by containing applications in their own environment.

A little cheat sheet for Docker, when you just remember a specific command.